Thank you to Michael-Birch Pierce for offering live embroidered portraits in the gallery!

Michael-Birch Pierce's embroidered portrait practice was born from a desire to find authenticity in machine production. Guiding fabric by hand under a standard home sewing machine, each portrait is one of a kind, stitched live, with the subject watching. Merging fashion and illustration, Michael-Birch Pierce's free-motion embroidered portraiture has garnered them international recognition. Michael-Birch Pierce is sought everywhere from Art Basel to the 2018 Oscar Party. They have designed for the Obamas, exhibited at NY Fashion Week, and received numerous prizes.